New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-05-25

Presently, through the window, came
the voice OF Mrs. Dunning:
Indeed, YOU must stop a minute,
Miss. Slocu1n. You'll be all done out,
time youget back home again..
No! thankee all the same. I'll try
one more place, and then I'll get back
home again.
tits too bad you can't find any.
body. What is the particular rush,
just n0m2 Surely haying has not
commenced with your"
mo; not exactly, but I've q sight
on hand just now. got to do some pie
plant, and then them ere gooseberries
are about ripe enough to can, and
in q couple OF weeks the berries will
be on hard and poster the hired
helpanyway. I'd sooner grub along
anyhow than bother with any of
them if 'twant for this plaguey rheu-
mats. It kinder ketches me wonst
In a while, and no use to talk, it takes
the spunk clean out Of me. I heard
| they had some sort OF lie down to the
postoffiee that was powerful good for
SIGH cases, and guess must get a
quarters worth, just to try it. Feel
sort OF 'fraid to, too
s'Girls, sit still, and I will be back
| Ii, a trice,' and off flew Rose, skim
ming past stately Helen Parker. who
still sat on the piazza, scratching
away with her pen, on an oval stand
| before her.
''What are you up to now, Rose
Stoneleigh?"
Cant stop to tell any fibs lust
now" said Rose, as she flew up the
broad stairway and into her room.
Presently she emerged an altogether
differ ent looking person. In the place
OF a muslin she had donned a school
girl gingham, q white apron and a
plain linen collar, her hair all smooth
ed down to get the contrary wrinkles
out Of perfectly natural, you know.
Down she went, stole back and seized
Mrs. Dunnlng's blue gingham sun bon
net, and darting out to the wondering
girls, had just time to signal them to
come to the front, when Miss Patty
| emerged from the other side, and
was just about to ascend the
steps Of the comical vehicle. Mrs.
| Dunning turned after her say
| ing: II hope you'll succeed in your
efforts, Miss Slocum. If II wasn't so
busy I'd let Setina come up a day or
two and help you out, but you see we
have the seminary girls-at least six
| Of then-andit keeps one kinder busy
Why, what on earth" Here the good
old lady had to stop in sheer amaze
ment, for she recognized her sun-bon-
net coming towards her with a little
| body underneath.
Rose did not stop for anything, but
sailed up to Miss Patty, made a de-
mure little bow and commenced:
"Please, ma am, I overheard part of
your conversation and thought I'd Of
| fer myself, If you think l could strip
pie plant, or could help you anyway
aud she dropped her white lids as
though she was frightened at her own
temerity.
"You don't look as if you could do
much. How much do you expect to
get week, and where did you come
from?' queried business-like Miss
Patty.
II came from over yonder some
miles, and have sick aunt, and
want to earn some, money. Please
try me, and if l don't suit, need not
stay"
"Well, SEEM as how you came in
the nick Of time, and look kinder
clipper-ike, TIL takeyou along, Have
you any recommends along?"
moo, | have not, but Mrs. Dun
ming here knows me, she did not ex-
pect to see me to-day hunting a place, y
and the smiling eyes were turned up
on the landlords wife, and hid by the
sun bonnet, she made a grimace at
the puzzled face that was slowly tax
ing in the fun.
"Oh, yes" explained the good, old
lady, II do know her. but l doubt
her capabilities regarding housekeep-
/! ing. But Id try her if I were you,
You might do worse.n
| "Can you come right along now? I'd
! a heap rather you would, seem as Pm
! clean tuekered out now"
ooh. yes; certainly lean. Mrs. Dun
ming, | left my bundle, gingham and
few other things inside. Will YOU
have them sent? One reason that I
came was that Cora, over there, used
to know me, and [ heard that the
girls were going to spend part of their
vacation here, and then thought I'd
kill two birds with one stone if could
earn a bit while over Miss Patty
looked rather suspiciously at the
white, dimpled hands, and it was in.
her thoughts, as they finally drove.
off. They went down into the heart
OF the village, and Rose pulled the
sun bonnet further down around her
lace, murmurlng that "the sun was
rather warm
"Now, we will have to wait for the
10 O'Clock train" said Miss Patty,
land if you will mind the horse,
u just drop right in the post
office and get what / want. ex-
pect my granddaughter on the train,
and if it happens to come in while I'm
IN here, you jes keep an eye open for
a long, good-lookin' chap with All i'm
mensegilt chain, and tell him I'll be out
II Il